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No. 301,770. Patented Jilly 8, 1884.

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SAMUEL H. STEWARD, OF NE-V EGYPT, NEW JERSEY.

VEHlCLEHEAD-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,770, dated July 8, 1884.

Application filed February 11, 1884. (No modell To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. STEWARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New or broken, thereby requiring frequent and expensive repairs, owing to the necessity of employing labor skilled in the manufacture of vehicles and their operative parts.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide an inexpensive, strong, and durable vehicle head-block and perch 4 connection, which will obviate the difficulties heretofore experienced, and which, if fractured,

'may be readily replaced in a simple and inexpensive manner, without the employment of skilled labor, the invention consisting of a vehicle headblock and its perch-connection integrally constructed of suitable metal and provided with means for receiving and retain ing the springs andperch, as will be hereinafter more fully described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal ver tieal section of the same, with the springblock and the portion of the percliin position. The letter A represents a head-block of the usual pattern, and 13 its perch-connection,the two being constructed integrally of suitable metal-preferably cast malleable iron. The

- metallic headblock A is formed with a central recess, a, adapted to receive a wooden block, 0, which acts as a rest or bed for the spring intended to be secured thereto by suitable bolts entering the perforations b.

central recess,'a, is in line with the transverse direction of the headblock, but only about one-third the length thereof, and its depth Thisonly about onethird of the vertical thickness of the head-block, thereby forming an ample rest or bed for the wooden spring-block without materially weakening the metallic headblock or necessitating the employment of bolts, clips, or other auxiliary devices for retaining said spring-block in position. This wooden block or spring-restG is provided with a cen tral perforation, 0, adapted to register with a similar one formed in the metallic head block for the reception of the king-bolt. By the employment of a wooden spring rest or seat there is less friction than if the spring were connected directly to the metallic head-block, while at the same time the expansion and contraction of thehead-block do not affect theintegrity of the spring and its fastening.

The metallic perch-connecti on B has formed in its upper face a slot or recess, d, extending for a part of the length thereof, and adapted to receive the ordinary wooden percluD, said perch being secured in position by a plate, E,

having one end bolted thereto, and its other end similarly fastened in a shouldered recess, e, formed upon the under side of said perchconnection. By this means of securing the perch D to the metallic head-block connection B, a perfectly flush joint is obtained, whicl, when completed, presents a neat clean finish, so that it is not easily discernible where the connection in made, and the entire perch is similar in appearance to those in ordinary use.

The integrally-formed head-block and perch connection herein described is intended to be manufactured and placed upon the market as a vehicle-iron, the wooden spring rest or bed and perch-plate to be supplied when required for use, and by the employment of such an iron a saving is effected in time, labor,-and expense necessary in the usual construction of ,vehicle running-gear, having the headblock vice can be readily and cheaply replaced.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a

' vehicle-iron formed of a single piece of metal,

and consisting of ahead-block, A, formed with a recessia, in its upper face, equal in its transverse length to about one-third that of said head-block and in depth to about one-third the vertical thickness thereof, and provided with a king-bolt hole, 0, and the solid perch extension B, formed with the recess din its upper face, and the shoulder 6, formed in its I under face, substantially as and for the pur- IO pose set forth. a In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two attesting witnesses'. V

SAMUEL H. STEWARD. Attest:

ELMER COWPERTHWAIT, W. S. CHAFEY. 

